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Schoharie Creek Bridge

Montgomery County, New York

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Collapsed Schoharie Creek Bridge

U. S. Geological Survey

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Overview
Lost deck plate girder bridge over Schoharie Creek on I-90/New York State Thruway
Location
Montgomery County, New York
Status
Collapsed due to a flash flood undermining the piers
History
Built 1953-54; collapsed April 5, 1987, killing ten people; replaced by new bridge 1988
Builder
- B. Perini & Sons, Inc. of Framingham, Massachusetts
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 120.0 ft.
Total length: 510.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.93167, -74.27833   (decimal degrees)
42°55'54" N, 74°16'42" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/558887/4753479 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Tribes Hill
Inventory numbers
NY 1020940 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 43973 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

B. Perini & Sons, Inc. (1)
Built 1954 (376)
Built during 1950s (4,007)
Collapsed (431)
Deck girder (6,303)
Destroyed by flood (602)
Disaster (13)
Girder (11,169)
Interstate 90 (39)
Lost (28,445)
 Lost 1987 (224)
Lost during 1980s (1,532)
Montgomery County, New York (80)
New York (4,888)
New York State Thruway (22)
Owned by bridge authority (261)
Plate girder (8,724)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,554)
Toll (177)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,059)

Update Log 

  • June 18, 2017: Photo imported by Roger Deschner
  • August 23, 2016: Updated by Stephen Greer: Added category "Interstate 90" Removed I-95.
  • January 30, 2010: Added by James Baughn

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